Thorne is likely referring to two categories within the award show: "Choice Female Hottie" and "Choice Male Hottie." Unlike some of the show's categories, these nominations include celebrities, not the specific characters they portray in a TV show or film. This year, stars like Hailey Baldwin, Yara Shahidi, Shawn Mendes, and Zac Efron are nominated across the two categories.

Though Thorne called the show "rigged," the official Teen Choice Awards website maintains that voting for each category is done online, by fans. According to the official rules, "votes are tabulated electronically and winners are determined based on the nominees in each category with the highest number of eligible votes." (Refinery29 has reached out to Thorne and a representative for the Teen Choice Awards for comment.)

The Teen Choice Awards are known for typically celebrating films, TV shows, and performers that attract a massive fandom — specifically, a fandom that appeals to a younger audience.

Too often, what and who matters to young people doesn't get celebrated on a massive stage, even though it's young people who absorb a great deal of content. The Teen Choice Awards allows young people a chance to honor the things important to them, categories like "Best Movie Ship" and all.

But Thorne does have a point about the show's Choice Hottie categories. A quick glimpse at the list reveals plenty of babes, but I think we can all agree that people like grown-ish star and activist Shahidi have a lot more to offer than just their looks. Why not revamp the category to something a little less looks-focused? Choice Role Model would put a far more positive spin on that particular nomination.

Generation Z has a lot to offer the world, and Thorne is right: Teens don't need to celebrate hotties when they could be honoring stars who make doing good look great.